Muscle, Cockle, Periwinkle, Nautilus, &c. 129 Oran Outang, or wild Man of the Woods, 50 Ostrich, Emu, and Cassowary, remarkable size of, 63 its swiftness, 64 Pilchards, vast shoals of, Planets, their magnitudes and motions, - 155 199 21 Seasons, changes of the, and vicissitudes of day beneficial effects in the changes of the, Serpents, some peculiarities relative to, their poison, &c. wonderful sagacity of, 93 94 96 Tellina, Scallop, Razor shell-fish, &c. peculiari- ties relative thereto, Thunder storms, their nature and influence, Tides, where greatest, flux and reflux of, 136 252 105 107 122 -sub-marine, striking peculiarities in, THE UNIV BOOK OF NATURE. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION. EVERY page of the volume of Nature is fraught with instruction. Not only do the canopy of the heavens, and the luminous orbs which bedeck the glowing hemisphere on a clear frosty evening, declare the glory of the Supreme, but the whole of created existences, however insignificant, simple, or minute they may appear, plainly evince to the contemplative mind the wisdom and power of the Creator; and shew that All Nature is a glass reflecting God, As by the Sea reflected is the Sun, Too glorious to be gaz'd on in his sphere. Natural objects, for the purpose of classification, have been in general arranged under the three grand divisions of animal, vegetable, and mineral, each of which will admit of many lesser subdivisions, B |